Garment.



S. LIPTON.

GARMENT. APPLIUATIOH FILED APRI, 1914 Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

UNITED STATES. PATENT carton.

' To all 2071 am it may concern:

'T'xBeit known that I, SARAH LIPTON, a citily in the county of Kings and State of New-York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Garments, of which they-following 1s a specification.

;- 'r-jThe'object of the invention is to provide erative dimensions of a for the simple and convenient adjustment of l l l l buttons or other fastening devices to allow E fora corresponding adjustment of the oparment, whereby,

creased size, due togrowth and whereby such adjustment may be accomplished to adapt a garment of the indicated characterthe demands of the trade.

vention consists essentially in providing a SARAH LIPTON, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GABMENT.

Specification of Letters Fatent. Patented Sept, 8,1914, Application alea'a rn 1, 1914. Serial No. 328,723.

devices mounted and arranged in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 represents a dezen: of the United States, residing at Brook- .when the garment is in use; Fig. 3 represents a reverse view of the construction illustrated in Fig. 2: Fig. 4 represents a sectional view taken horizontally in the plane of one of the runners or guides for the button shown therein.

in carrying out the invention, where buttons are designed to be used as the fastening devices. thegarment. in the direction of the desired expansion or adjustment, is rovidcd with series of seats which, in the i lustrated embodiment, consist of slots or buttonholes 10. parallel with which are arranged fiexible runners or guides 11 consististics to be made in stock sizes, thus economizing 'in the amount of stock required to s be carried by the dealer, in order to supply 1 i beneath a protecting and concealing flap, With this general object in view, the iu- 1 tion to a plurality of seats disposed in 'series in the direction of expansion or girth enlargement or increase of the garment. such buttons or other fastening devices being 'mounted upon or carried by runners or guides located respectively adjacent to and parallel with each series of seats, whereby it becomes possible readily to unseat the button or other fastening device and reseat it in a position to either enlarge or diminish the glrth of the. particular portion of the garment etlccted thereby. By providing. in

cooperation with such adjustable buttons or other fastening devices, a series of button-- holes or other elements to engage said fastening devices, the possibilities of the invention, so far as increasing the range of utility and adaptability of the garment. can be still further increased;

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following doscriplion thercol, it being understood that various changes in the form. proportions and minor details oi the construction may be' resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

in the drawings, illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 represents a childs garment in the nature of 21 waist or bodice. provided with fastening men! making. is not illustrated).

ing. for example. of tapes terminally fastened to the garment. as at 12 (preferably in contact with the inner surface thereof, or

which. however. is not necessary to the efiicienc oi the invention. and being a well recognized expedient in tailoring and gar- The buttons 13 or other tastening devices are threaded or otherwise mounted upon these runners or guidesthelatter being sufficiently full or loose to permit of projecting the but ton or fastening device through the desired seat or buttonhole 10. to exposeathc same at the outer side or face of the garment. where it is accessible. for the ordinal-v manipulalion in buttoning or otherwise fastening the garment through the cooperation therewith of the buttonholes ll. or other elements which may be emplo 'cdas the complementary fastening means.

it will be obvious that the adjustable element of the colnp'lemcntary fastening de a plurality of buttonholes or other like elew ments corresponding and designed for cooperation with said adjustable fastening elements. l\-loreover. it should be noted that this method of providing for adjustment of the dimensions of a garment may be epplied not only to the portion thereof designed to encircle the body or trunk, but may also as shown, be employed to vary the length or adjust the shoulder straps 15, as well as other features, the specific illustration of which is deemed unnecessary.

What claimed as new is:

1. An exp'ansible garn'lent having eomple- "mentary fastening devices for engagement; with each other, one of which is movable' 2. An expansible arment having comple- 1 mentarv fastening cevices one of which is adjustable in the direction of the desired exansion of the arment, a ta 6 terminally P attached to the garment and upon which said fastening device is shdably mounted, and a series of seats or openings parallel with the l tape; saidscats b eing respectiyely adapted for holding said iastenmg device in Its adarment, a runjusted positions, and through which the same may be projected for engagen'lent by the other complementary fastening device and may be withdrawn for adj ustment.

3. An ex uansible 'arment havin com leadjustable in the direction of thedesired expansion of the garment and which conslsts of abutton, a slack tape terminally attached f the button slidably mounted for adjustment thereon, and a plurality of slots 'or buttonholes arranged in the garment parallel with the tape for engagement with that portion of device at any desired adjustment thereof, and through which slots or huttonholes the button may be projected from the surface to which the tape is attached "to the other Q'agcment by the other eomplen'ientary fastening device, said slot or huttonhole being adapted to permit witlnlrawal of the button for readjustment.

1 in presence of two Witnesses.

i SARAH LIPTON. Witnesses l J. K. Moon,

1 E. C. SOI-ILADT.

to one surface of the garment and-having the tape which is adjacent to the fastening surface, whereby said button is held for en- In testimony whereof I aflix my signati'u'e mental-v fastening tlevlces, one of which is 

